"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 10"

moneytree

Hi everyone
Please can I join in.
Thanks

lynnejk

moneytree wrote: »

Hi everyone
Please can I join in.
Thanks

Evening and a warm welcome to you as well

Sue - our lovely leader - will pass by and welcome you and give you your very own number. Please put this on your signature to help with the admin

Please read the first post, as it's full of important info, and make sure you subscribe to the thread so you don't lose us.

Good luck with the potting. Please come back as often as you can to let us know how the potting is going
Lx

beach-holiday

Thanks for the Welcome Antomac!

I think I'll try for £500. That might be a stretch, but nothing ventured, nothing gained !

b-h

Frogletina

On my birthday, just before Christmas, I was given a new savings pot by my son in law. This is great as it means I won't have to search for one in November as I did this year.

I was able to pot £29 this week which I am very pleased with.

One way I have been able to save (stop me if you've heard this from me before!) is when I buy reduced items, to charge my housekeeping, birthday fund, etc - the full cost of them - unless I would not have bought them at full price.

I had four vouchers from Waitrose this month and was able to use 2 of them. One was £10 off a £50 shop, and the other was £8 off a £40 shop. I potted the £18. And whenever I get their free newspaper - I charge that to my daily spending account.

At the end of the year I put the whole of my sealed pot money into my birthday/Christmas fund for the following year.

I've still got a £9 voucher off a £45 shop to spend by New Year's Eve and I wondering if I can use this too and charge it to my January housekeeping allowance. But my freezer and my cupboards are full and next year's challenge is to see how little I can spend on housekeeping. This year I have £12.37 left of £1300, and next year I want to keep it within £1200.

frogletina

little_sweetie

little_sweetie checking in We parked in a free spot yesterday and walked to the shops so I have potted the saved parking fee of £1.20
Happy New Year to Sue & T and all the potters. May 2017 bring lots of good things and lots of change to pot :j

iammumtoone

Frogletina Thanks for the tip. I must learn to start thinking like that.

My printer broke just before Christmas and I needed to buy another one, I got some christmas money so spent that on a printer. I should really put that money in the pot. It was £30 so will be a good start for me and like you say I would have had to spend it out of my budget anyway.

Ladykernow

Frogletina wrote: »

On my birthday, just before Christmas, I was given a new savings pot by my son in law. This is great as it means I won't have to search for one in November as I did this year.

I was able to pot £29 this week which I am very pleased with.

One way I have been able to save (stop me if you've heard this from me before!) is when I buy reduced items, to charge my housekeeping, birthday fund, etc - the full cost of them - unless I would not have bought them at full price.

I had four vouchers from Waitrose this month and was able to use 2 of them. One was £10 off a £50 shop, and the other was £8 off a £40 shop. I potted the £18. And whenever I get their free newspaper - I charge that to my daily spending account.

At the end of the year I put the whole of my sealed pot money into my birthday/Christmas fund for the following year.

I've still got a £9 voucher off a £45 shop to spend by New Year's Eve and I wondering if I can use this too and charge it to my January housekeeping allowance. But my freezer and my cupboards are full and next year's challenge is to see how little I can spend on housekeeping. This year I have £12.37 left of £1300, and next year I want to keep it within £1200.

frogletina

That's brilliant! Thank you for the tips. I'm kind of going for a no spend January. So i'll pot whatever I have left over at the end of the month.

iammumtoone

Found an old purse whilst decluttering it contained £2.50 so its gone in the pot

MrsShazbat

Due to cabin fever, hubby and I forced ourselves out of the house today (aside from the daily dog walks) and I managed to get a £2 in my change!!

32b3in2013

Evening

Excellent tips frogletina. I don't do much food shopping, but I could do something similar with not buying lunch from overpriced canteens or coffee shops.

58p potted today.

32b3